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The Rush to Hang Saddam Hussein « Thread Started on Dec 29,

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The Rush to Hang Saddam Hussein « Thread Started on Dec 29, 2006, 5:53am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Rush to Hang Saddam Hussein Published: December 29, 2006The important question was never really about whether Saddam Hussein was guilty of crimes against humanity. The public record is bulging with the lengthy litany of his vile and unforgivable atrocities: genocidal assaults against the Kurds; aggressive wars against Iran and Kuwait; use of internationally banned weapons like nerve gas; systematic torture of countless thousands of political prisoners.What really mattered was whether an Iraq freed from his death grip could hold him accountable in a way that nurtured hope for a better future. A carefully conducted, scrupulously fair trial could have helped undo some of the damage inflicted by his rule. It could have set a precedent for the rule of law in a country scarred by decades of arbitrary vindictiveness. It could have fostered a new national unity in an Iraq long manipulated through its religious and ethnic divisions. read at source> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/29/opinion/29fri1.html